Abstract
Abstract The availability of an intrinsically fluorescent, inert, and stable Eu chelate label made it feasible to design one-step all-in-one immunoassays with time-resolved fluorometry for detection. Both competitive and noncompetitive immunoassays are performed in microtitration wells containing all assay-specific components in a stable dry form. Only the sample and one assay buffer common for all analytes need to be added. Model assays for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), and progesterone all reached equilibrium in 15 min or less without compromising the performance characteristics of the measurements, all of which perform at least equivalent to state-of-the-art assays. The detection limits for hCG, AFP, and progesterone were 0.3 IU/L, 0.1 microgram/L, and 0.5 nmol/L, respectively. The assay ranges for hCG and AFP were linear to 5000 IU/L and 1200 micrograms/L, respectively. The immunoassay format can be readily implemented in a fully automated random-access immunoassay system with optimal performance characteristics and no handling of analyte-specific assay components.
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Created | 5 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2020, 3:50 a.m.) |
Deposited | 5 years, 6 months ago (March 3, 2020, 2:56 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 days, 12 hours ago (Sept. 3, 2025, 6:59 a.m.) |
Issued | 29 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 1, 1996) |
Published | 29 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 1, 1996) |
Published Online | 29 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 1, 1996) |
Published Print | 29 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 1, 1996) |
@article{L_vgren_1996, title={One-step all-in-one dry reagent immunoassays with fluorescent europium chelate label and time-resolved fluorometry}, volume={42}, ISSN={1530-8561}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/42.8.1196}, DOI={10.1093/clinchem/42.8.1196}, number={8}, journal={Clinical Chemistry}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Lövgren, T and Meriö, L and Mitrunen, K and Mäkinen, M L and Mäkelä, M and Blomberg, K and Palenius, T and Pettersson, K}, year={1996}, month=aug, pages={1196–1201} }